TransAmGTA88

I've had a VFN cowl hood on my car after I put a procharger in my car a couple of years ago. The struts that I had for my steel hood were too strong for my fiberglass hood. I was lucky enough to come across some old struts off a buick riviera, but those are now too weak to hold my fiberglass hood. Does anyone know or have any recommendations on what would work for my fiberglass hood?

mantaguy

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Auto Zone handles the struts for Fiber Glass hoods.

TransAmGTA88

Never knew that. So I just take one strut off and bring it over there and they should be able to come up with something close to what I'm looking for?

mantaguy

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http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par..._0_3184%2C5635

TransAmGTA88

Thank you for the information, but I think this strut is for a steel hood, reason I say that is because of the minimum weight required (76.5 LBS). I think my fiberglass hood it somewhere between 40 - 50 lbs. But this gives me somewhere to start.

Yenipenny

This link shows the strut specifically for fiberglass hoods: (for 83 Camaro w/fiberglass hood) Aftermarket hoods may be a crapshoot.

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...mString=search

TransAmGTA88

I see what you mean by the application area - meaning that it suppose to by for a fiberglass hood. I'll give it a shot!

mantaguy

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http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par..._0_3184%2C5635
This is for a fiber glass hood

mantaguy

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That doesn't mean the weight of the hood but the max force of the hood when closing or opening it.
Minimum Force (lbs): 76.5
Maximum Force (lbs): 91.5

blue90z28

I got the ones from advanced auto they work great specify 82-84 z28 with a fiberglass hood cheap too

TransAmGTA88

Thanks for the info!!!

TransAmGTA88

Success...the autozone gas struts worked! Thanks everybody.

atikovi

Just installed a pair of FCS struts #84134 from Rock Auto for $6 each. Not too strong but just right on my aftermarket fiberglass hood. With the old worn struts I had to jiggle the hood to get one side to lift otherwise it felt like the fiberglass was cracking from the strain.

hotrodf1

If anyone else comes across this, I used the 83 Camaro fiberglass hood struts from Rock Auto, and they ended up not being quite enough for my Hawk's pro-touring style hood. It must be a little more weight then some other fiberglass hoods. So I swapped one strut out with a standard strength one and now all is well, though I'm not totally happy with having two different ones on there. But it did solve the issue.